Ayaan Garg vs. Utkrisht Tuli - 12th National Amateur Chess-ch 2025 1/2-1/2
In the 12th National Amateur Chess Championship 2025 on March 28, 2025, Ayaan Garg played the move gxf4 with white against Utkrisht Tuli with black. This move eliminates an attacking piece by capturing it, resulting in a material gain for White.
It also achieves an equal trade of pieces between White and Black, as it loses one pawn but gains a more valuable piece. Furthermore, this move forces Utkrisht Tuli to make a piece move, which can be disadvantageous.
However, Ayaan Garg overlooked the possibility of developing his knight, which might have been a better option. The gxf4 move does gain White a tempo advantage by initiating the pawn storm on that particular square.
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[Date "2025.03.28"]